The excellent survivor-like Halls of Torment is getting a big DLC and free update

By Liam Dawe - 1 Sep 2025 at 2:32 pm UTC

Last updated: 1 Sep 2025 at 5:02 pm UTC

Halls of Torment is an incredible auto-battler like Vampire Survivors with a classic Diablo vibe to it, and now it's set to get a lot bigger. It's easily one of the biggest and best survivor-likes, with nearly 30,000 user reviews and an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam.

While no date has been set for it yet, the formal announcement has just gone out today for the Boglands DLC. This will expand the game with a new stage, two new heroes, over 50 new quests, new abilities and gear, new game mechanics and more ways to die.

For the free update we're getting a new character, 6 new abilities, new music tracks and a new manual level up system amongst other things.

Check out the teaser below for the Boglands DLC:

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Fantastic game, can't wait!

Game Highlights:

A hoard survival game playable in addictive 30 minute runs.

Roguelike mechanics with quest-based meta progression.

Enormous range of characters, abilities and items to play with.

Waves of enemies, unique bosses, and a labyrinthine world to explore.

Experiment, strategize and find the best way forward.

Old school pre-rendered art style inspired by the 90’s.

Halls of Torment | Release Date: 24th May 2023

Official links:

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Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Tags: Native Linux, Steam Deck, Bullet Heaven, Bullet Hell, DLC, Godot Engine, Indie Game, Steam, Upcoming, Update | Apps: Halls of Torment

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Anza 2 hours ago

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I wonder if the genre is ready to move out of Vampire Survivors clone status to genre of it's own. Doom had similar influence on genre name before FPS started to replace Doom clone term.

Auto battler seems to be used also for otherwise different games, which happens to have element where you don't directly control the units.

Auto shooter seems to be used for some games in the genre. Bullet heaven is also used.

Halls of Torment was first game in the genre that clicked for me. The mechanic of just moving around and dodging enemies can be bit boring at first if you don't have any direction to go to. Halls of Torment happened to first one I played that pointed where two mystic objects were located and that was enough to get me hooked. I spent 45 hours with the game and updates might give good excuse to play some more.

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